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Google has finally announced the highly-anticipated successors to their Pixel smartphones, the Pixel 2 and the Pixel XL 2. From the front, the Pixel 2 looks pretty much identical to their predecessors but you clearly notice the change in design once you turn it around and look at the backside. However, the Pixel XL2 is clearly distinguishable due to it’s wider 18:9 aspect ratio screen and rounded corners. The Pixel 2 features a 5 inch 1920X1080 resolution OLED display while its bigger brother sports a 6-inch 2880X1440 resolution P-OLED display.…

Google might soon make the “insufficient space” error obsolete. According to a recent source.android.com documentation, Google is making some changes to its update procedure to make sure that an insufficient space will never stop an update again. Android 7.0 introduced a new feature called “Seamless Updates”. This introduced a dual system partition scheme “System A” and “System B” partition. During a system update, the phone uses the online System A partition while the update is being applied to the offline System B partition in the background. The installation just requires…

For a long time, Google has been competing with Pinterest for the image search space and truth to be told Pinterest was way better it than Google. Now Google is trying to bring some Pinterest like features with its new updated Image Search. Now the Image Search will not only identify when image points to a special content, will also show some of that content in a brief manner. For example, if you are looking for food, you may see ‘recipe’ badges and even the recipe itself once you tap…

Google announced some changes to their Play Store so that better-performing apps meaning that crashes less and drains less battery will be ranked higher than apps with bugs and performance issues. The goal of this move is to ensure that the best apps are promoted and to force developers to give more attention to the bugs and users demands. Since negative reviews can also reduce one’s rank. Apps that don’t work well frustrate users, who often turn to reviews to complain. Over time a number of bad reviews and low…

Google.org promised $50 million to fund non-profit organizations that are focused on using technology to improve job searching and helping people prepare for jobs of the future We have already seen that there has been a massive change in the job market and this will continue. “We also recognize that the way we work is changing, and we want to make sure that as many people as possible can make the most of the new jobs, industries and opportunities that are emerging—some of which we couldn’t have imagined just a…

Way back in 2010 Google introduced the Google Instant feature, which preloads results while you type your query. It was a big change (“a fundamental shift in search” according to Merissa Mayer, the former VP of Google’s Search and Experience) at the time and got a lot of worldwide attention. Since then the scenario has changed a lot. Now more than 50% of Google’s searches are now from mobile devices, a figure that is increasing continually with time. With this in mind, Google has decided to drop this feature effective…

Google is updating the feed that it introduced to its Google app last year, focusing on the information its knowledge graph has built on users while allowing them to follow certain topics and people to shape what they’re seeing in the feed. Right now it will only be limited to the app but in the coming months, it is sure to make its way to the Google website. The site which until now has been only ornamented with the company’s logo and the search box will get a massive make…

The new Google Glass Enterprise Edition includes an updated camera module that bumps resolution from 5 megapixels to 8. It also has longer battery life, a better processor, an indicator for video recording and improved Wi-Fi speeds (most of the spec bumps are what you’d expect for a product taking advantage of further cost decreases on smartphone components). But the biggest change is the fact that the Glass EE module has now been decoupled entirely from integrated frames, meaning it can work with all kinds of existing eyewear, including industrial…

Android O Introduction May 17th, 2017, 10 PM IST: Sundar Pichai kicked off the Google I/O 2017 Keynote introducing the many advancements Google has achieved over the year since its last Keynote. The Google Compute Engine, google.ai, Google Lens are one of those things that will give you the “future is here” vibe. Along with these, Google introduced the public Beta of Android O. The developer preview of the same was released a couple of months back. Anyone with a Pixel device, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P or Nexus Player can…